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SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,038, dated October16, 1900.

Application iiled April 27, 1900.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IVILLIAM L. WRIGHT and ANDREW J. HACKLER, citizensof the United States, residing at Bettie, in the county of Upshur andState of Texas, have invent-ed a new and useful Seed-Planter, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in seed-planters, and moreparticularly to the construction and arrangement of the mechanism forproperly regulating the feed.

The object in View is to construct a planter with special reference tothe planting of cotton or like seeds and equipped with a simple andconvenient device for regulating the quantity of seeds dropped from thehopper immediately behind the furrow-opener; and 'the invention consistsin the provision of a feed-regulator of novel construction, combinedWith a feed-chu te related to the regulating-slide in a manner to compelall of the seeds to be dropped from the same point in order to secureuniformityin theline of seeds deposited in the furrow by the planter.

The invention consists in certain other features of construction andarrangement, all of which will hereinafter more fully appear and will beillustrated in the accompanying drawings and dened in the appendedclaim.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our planter complete.Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, andFig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional vieu7 through the hopper and itsconnected parts.

Referring to the numerals of reference employed to designatecorresponding parts and structural peculiarities in the several views, 1indlcates the hopper of our planter, mounted upon a frame 2, Withinwhich is journaled, adjacent to its front end, the usual supporting andactuating Wheel 3. Upon the shaft a of the wheel 3 are keyed orotherwise mounted a pair of crank-disks 5, eccentrically connected tothe downturned ends 6 of pit-men 7 and S, the rear ends of which pitmenare eecentrically connected to crankdisks 9 and lO, mounted upon theagitatorshaft 11, which pierces the hopper l concentric with the curvedbottom Wall 12 of the latter. 13 indicates a feed-wheel mounted upon theshaft 11 directly over an elongated feed- Serial No. 14,683. (No model.)

opening 14 in the hopper-bottom 12 and provided With a peripheral seriesof irregularlyalined spines or pins 15, which are designed to insure theproper feeding of the seeds through the seed-opening. The shaft 11 isadditionally provided at opposite sides of the feed-wheel with radialagitating-arms 18, dcsigned to etlectually loosen the body of seedsWithin The hopper to prevent clogging of the feed-opening. Adjustablysuspended from the frame 2 in front of the feed-opening is the shank 19of the furrow-opener 20, and from the frame, to the rear of said openingand at opposite sides thereof, depend the Shanks 21 and 22 of atransverse seed-coverer 23, detachably connected to the Shanks by meansof bolts 24. in order that when desired the coverer may be removed andshovel-plows or other similar implements may be substitnted.

The construction thus far described, except as to the specific forms ofsome of the elements, is ordinary; but We shall now proceed to describethat particular structure Which is employed for the accomplishment ofthe primary object of the invention.

Fitting close against the under side of the curved bottom 12 is acorrespondingly-eurved slidably-rnounted feed-regulating plate 25,provided with a series of feed-openings 2G and retained in movablecontact with the bottom 12 by transverse cleats 27, provided in theirupper faces with recesses 28 for the reception of the plate and held inplace as by staples or other suitable securing means 29, driven into thehopper from below. The regu lating-plate is provided at its rear endwith a depending stopliange 30, which limits its movement andconstitutes means for facilitating its adjustment. A set-screw or otherretaining device 31 is passed through one of the cleats and bearsagainst the regulatingplate in order to securely hold the latter in thedesired position to bring any number of the feed-holes in theregulating-plate before the feed-opening 14 in the hopper-bottom.

inasmuch as it is desirable that all of the seeds should be depositedfrom the same point of the machine, We provide an inclined feedchute 32,substantially U-shaped in crossseetion and having its upper endstraddling the regulating-'plate 25 adjacent to the front IOO end of theopening 14 and having its lower or discharge end located immediatelyunder the rear of said opening, so that as the seeds are dropped throughthe several feed-openings in the plate or slide they are projected intothe feed-chute and are discharged from its lower end. The means forretaining the chute preferably comprises a pair of divergent arms 33,connected to the upper end of the chute at opposite sides of theregulatingplate and havingr their extremities bolted or otherwisesecured to the bottom ofthe hopper.

In operation the seeds are placed Within the hopper and the planter isdrawn over the ground by draft-animals hitched by a clevis (notillustrated) to a clevis-post 35, extending upward from the front of theframe 2. The progress of the planter will eect the rotation of the supporting-wheel,which through the intermediate crank-disks and pitmenwill rotar-e the agitator or feed-shaft to cause the agitation of theseed within the hopper. As the planter progresses the fu rrowopener willproperly open the ground and the seeds to be planted will be depositedfrom the discharge end of the feed-chute, after which the seeds will becovered by the coverer and the operation of planting will be completed.When it is desired to increase or diminish the feed, it is simplynecessary to adjust the regulating-slide to present a greater or lessnumber of feed-openings before the feed-slot 14 in the hopper-bottom,the slide being then secured in its adjusted position by, screwing upthe set-screw 3l.

From the foregoing it Will be observed that We have devised a simple andingenious improvelnent in seed-planters which Will effect the attainmentof the several objects hereinbefore recited; but We do not wish to limitou rselves to the structural details dened. On

`the contrary, We reserve the right to eiect such structural variationsas may be comprehended Within the scope of the appended claim.

What yWe claim is- In a seed-planter, the combination With a frame,supporting-wheel, al hopper carried by the frame, feed mechanism Withinthe hopper, and a crank-andpitman connection intermediate of the feedmechanism and supporting-wheel, of a pair of transverse cleats v securedto the under face of the hopper and WILLIAM L. WRIGHT. ANDREW J.HACKLER.

Witnesses:

J. A. DERRICK, T. B. LITTELL.

